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https://listverse.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/tenbooksscrewedt-072210.mp3 Be sure to visit the Listverse Podcast and rate us! Excerpt from the original: “Books are one of our greatest resources. But many times in history books have been written which are misleading or untrue. In some cases this has led to wide scale death and destruction and evil governmental regimes. This is a list of ten of the worst books of this type – books that have done more harm than good....

We don’t worry about it as much anymore. Since the fall of the Soviet Union, the idea of mass nuclear devastation has been turned into little more than a fantasy backdrop for movies and videos games. But the threat hasn’t really gone away. The bombs are still there, just waiting for someone to press the button. And there are always new enemies to destroy. Scientists have run tests and simulations to understand what life will be like after the bomb....

10 All Serial Killers Are Men This is a common misconception perpetuated not only by the general public but also by law enforcement professionals. In 1998, profiling pioneer and sex crimes expert Roy Hazelwood said that “there are no female serial killers.”[1] It’s true that the numbers heavily favor the men; around 85–90 percent of serial killers are male, but there are also plenty of examples of serial murderers who were female....

Editor’s note: Where photos of the planes or crash sites were not available or appropriate, photos of planes of the same model have been used. 10 Cubana de Aviacion Flight 455 Cubana de Aviacion Flight 455 was brought down by two bombs on October 6, 1976, shortly after it took off from Seawell Airport in Barbados. Two bombs were created using plastic explosives hidden in toothpaste tubes. The bombs had been placed by two men, Freddy Lugo and Hernan Lozano, who’d boarded the plane in Trinidad and departed during its stopover at Seawell....

10 The Main Ingredient In Urine Is Used To Flavor Cigarettes There are many reasons why you might not smoke cigarettes, some of the most obvious being that it’s highly addictive and gives you bad breath and yellow teeth, not to mention a long list of negative and possibly deadly effects to your health. But if that wasn’t enough, here’s one more: Urea (aka carbamide), the main ingredient in urine, is used to enhance the flavor of cigarettes....

All across the United States, myths about heinous crimes, mysterious monsters, and spooky locations persist. Some of these myths have become widely known, while others are only locally famous. Still, the list below is certainly not for the faint of heart. Take caution from Alabama to Idaho, Rhode Island to Colorado as we go through ten creepy small-town myths. 10The Italian Bride (Elmhurst, Illinois) We start our journey in the small town of Elmhurst, Illinois....

10 Andrew Wakefield The anti-vaxxer movement is easily one of the most controversial out there, with lives put on the line while people argue over whether childhood vaccinations cause autism. In the US and England, vaccinations dropped off drastically after Dr. Andrew Wakefield published his 1998 study in The Lancet directly linking the vaccine that prevents measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) with autism. Unfortunately, it appears that his conclusions were motivated by money....

Truer to the source material than the 1990 miniseries starring Tim Curry, this version more than earned its R rating. That said, there were still a few parts of Stephen King’s novel that were too disturbing to make their way onto the screen. Even in this new R-rated version. Possibly even in an NC-17 version. We’ll let you in on the 10 most disturbing aspects of the novel that were graciously left off the silver screen....

Although a few individuals on this list are not guilty of murder, they are certainly guilty of disturbing corpses and other crimes. Either way, you have been warned. 10 Kaoru Kobayashi On November 17, 2004, Kaoru Kobayashi, a middle-aged newspaper deliveryman, abducted seven-year-old Kaede Ariyama and took her back to his home in Sango, Nara Prefecture. There, he sexually assaulted the girl before drowning her in his bathtub. Kobayashi then mutilated the girl’s corpse, took pictures of her body with her own cell phone, and dumped her remains in a rural gutter....

See Also: 10 Creepy Photos Of People Unaware They Are With A Serial Killer The serial killer, also known as “The Rostov Ripper,” “The Butcher of Rostov,” “The Mad Beast,” “The Forest Strip Killer,” and “Killer X” was finally captured and identified as 56-year-old Andrei Chikatilo. He had claimed 50 innocent victims’ lives—although the real victim count is believed to be much higher. He is one of the most terrifying serial killers of all time, and his timeline of terror reads like a real-life horror story....

10 The Binzhou Alien Although China has its cultural peculiarities, the basic mindset of its citizens is similar to everyone else when it comes to thirst for attention and quick profit. In June 2013, a resident of Binzhou called Mr. Li (or Lee, depending on the source) had a close encounter with an alien. Luckily for him, the alien had a close encounter with his electric rabbit trap first. Being an enterprising kind of man, Mr....

10 Antarctica’s Missing Iron Meteorites Some space mysteries exist on Earth. One such riddle can be found in Antarctica. This frosty corner of the globe is where most meteorites are recovered. This abundance has nothing to do with location but instead with color differences. It’s easier to spot dark cosmic debris against the white expanse of this region than in places with forests or sand dunes. Watch this video on YouTube Thousands of space rocks enter our atmosphere every year, so one might think that every type of meteorite can be found in Antarctica....

10Alepotrypa Alepotrypa (“Foxhole”) in Greece is huge cave system that may be the inspiration for the gloomy myth of Hades. The cave even contains a lake that may have been how the dead crossed between worlds. The cave was lost for millennia until rediscovered by a hunter out with his dog chasing foxes. The fox escaped, but the dog stumbled on an important archaeological site. Beginning around 6,000 years ago, burials and rituals began in the cave....

Most Americans are familiar with the failure of the Enron Corporation. Enron was an American energy company based out of Houston, Texas. In 2000, Enron was one of the largest businesses in the world. They had working operations in many areas, mainly electricity, natural gas, communications and pulp and paper. Amazingly, Enron claimed revenues of nearly $101 billion in 2000. The problems for Enron started from the beginning, when a group of executives in the company began misleading the board of directors and audit committee....

10SpooksThe London Train Bombing Several times throughout the run of the popular British TV show Spooks, scenes would be filmed weeks (or sometimes months) before the same scenes would play out on the evening news. Noted episodes include a story where London had to deal with being on lockdown after a presidential visit, only to see the real thing shortly thereafter when President George W. Bush arrived in the United Kingdom....

The habitable zone is that area around a star in which a planet similar to Earth could have liquid water on its surface. Without that ability, it is impossible for a planet to host life as we know it. Scientists look at other factors, too. For example, the composition of the exoplanet should be rocky rather than gaseous. Also, its radius and mass should be 0.5–1.5 times and 0.1–5.0 times that of Earth, respectively....

Among other things, divers recently encountered included two of the world’s oldest artifacts on the same wreck, a unique barge, and unexpected Englishmen. The most intriguing cases often involve ships that have vanished. From the missing fleets of Columbus to wrecks disappearing from a World War II battlefield, old ships bring a mystery to match every discovery. 10 The Eira Candidate Benjamin Leigh Smith was a prolific Arctic explorer. The Englishman saw places that nobody had ever seen and had many named after him....

For thousands of years, people have been discovering fossils in rocks. But it was only recently that we understood their scientific value and studied them to better understand the world we live in and how it evolved. As more fossilized discoveries are made, our understanding of our planet, our environment, and even our humanity will be further enriched. 10 Turtles Having Sex While excavating an area in Germany called the Messel Pit, scientists made an odd but exceptional discovery—ancient turtles having sex....

10The Last Mutineer On The Bounty The famous Mutiny on the Bounty has been immortalized in movies and books, but few know what happened to the mutineers after they set Captain William Bligh and 18 loyal crew members adrift in a small boat. Led by Fletcher Christian, the mutineers first returned to Tahiti, where they worked as mercenaries for a friendly chief. But they knew the British authorities would eventually come looking for them and Christian began to search for a safe hiding place....

10 From Conflict Lookouts to Bat Hotels In 1994, Jordan and Israel put aside their differences and signed a peace treaty. As a result, army bunkers along the Jordan River were vacated, and they’ve been empty ever since. Well, empty of humans anyway. Over time, 12 indigenous species of bats moved into the ghost bunkers. From an environmental point of view, this was a good move on the animals’ part. Five of the species were listed as either endangered or critically threatened....